i thought rust was the biggest problem!!!

camarobill

Heres one for the books:mad:took the m2 escort out for a spin today,but after it lying for 3 months,did the usual and poped the hood to check oil levels ete etc.little did i know that super f**K**G mouse had moved in:mad: The little **** ate the tops of the ht leads,and had started on the altenater wires,lookely for me his little stomach wasent able for the ht leads:D and he gave up the ghost around the oil filler cap:o b warned:cool:

crosstownk

I've seen it before in an Audi 80. I've also seen gnaw marks on wires in my house from mice.

Little fcukers!

Duiske

Heres a good one.. Was driving (company van) to work one monday morn, and came across a garda checkpoint. Garda done usual check on insurance/tax discs, then informed me that I was being done for not displaying said discs. "What the Fcuk ?" i exclaimed. "They must have been nicked" Anyway, after being given on the spot fines for non display, and being told to report the theft of discs to my local gardai station, I continued on my way. A few miles further on I decided to turn on air con, and was instantly showered in the confetti-fied remains of the discs, along with mouse crap, my fuel receipts and what appeared to be bits of a Tayto bag. The little fcuker had actually made a bed in the air-duct. He must have got as much of a shock as I did, because as I stood there looking at my confetti and mouse crap covered seats/dash/floor, the little bollix decided that he'd had enough and did a runner out the door. Thankfully, my local gardai had a sense of humour and because I had provided him with the best laugh he'd had in ages, he had the fines quashed.

dubtom

Here's a not so nice one. Herself and I were going to the flicks so I had parked the company transit on the roadside. We came out 30 minutes or so after I had parked, started the engine and immediatly pulled off. I felt resistance and assumed their was a rock or something under the wheel, so reved a bit and pulled off. We then heard an almighty meeeeow and stopped. A cat had made it's home in the warm engine bay and when I started the engine had 'tried' to make it's escape only to be caught under the wheel. It died a few minutes later. Not a nice expierance,..... nearly missed the film.

Duiske

dubtom wrote:

Not a nice expierance,..... nearly missed the film.

One of the cruelest, most insensitive quotes I have ever read on Boards.....I love it...:D

DrummerBoy

I have to agree. Had me in pieces laughing!

camarobill

dubtom wrote:

Here's a not so nice one. Herself and I were going to the flicks so I had parked the company transit on the roadside. We came out 30 minutes or so after I had parked, started the engine and immediatly pulled off. I felt resistance and assumed their was a rock or something under the wheel, so reved a bit and pulled off. We then heard an almighty meeeeow and stopped. A cat had made it's home in the warm engine bay and when I started the engine had 'tried' to make it's escape only to be caught under the wheel. It died a few minutes later. Not a nice expierance,..... nearly missed the film.

dubtom u deserve ur sig back for that one:D heartless bsadterd

corktina

seriously, if you have mice in your vehicle disinfect thoughly yourself and it. I had to clear out a mice ridden "barn find" 1600E once and I got a very nasty liver infection as a result....was quite ill.....soooo, gloves mask disinfectant.....nasty litttl bar stewards they are.....

dubtom

Sorry I couldn't resist, But Corky is right about infection, different circumstances completely, I picked up a guy a while back in my taxi who had lost a leg due to rats pee, weels desease I think it was called. He was in a coma for 6 weeks and hospital for a year.Clearing out his drains after a flood he got himself soaked, a previous nick on his leg let the infection in , dangerous stuff.

Silvera

Speaking of mouse stories.......

Back in the early '90's my father bought a Ford Anglia 105E and was towing me home using a towing bar (car had no engine or brakes!).
Anyway, we were nearly home when suddenly a mouse appeared outside the windscreen through the air vents and distracted me. The Anglia veered across the road enough that I was almost passing out the tow car :eek:

Luckily it was a wide part of the road and no car was coming the other way ....only damage was a bent towing bar!:D

Duiske

Silvera, is that Anglia still about ?. My dad had one years ago, and reckons it was one of the last 105E's made. "67-68, i think. Imagine they would fetch a nice price now.

Interceptor

I had a mouse living in my car late last year and on the annual xmas run to all our customers with chocs and bottles of whisky the little bugger ate into and shredded a box of Cadburys Heroes. I didn't notice until after I had given them to someone and had to sneak them back... Not amused.

'cptr

corktina

Duiske_Lad wrote:

Silvera, is that Anglia still about ?. My dad had one years ago, and reckons it was one of the last 105E's made. "67-68, i think. Imagine they would fetch a nice price now.

anglias, like COrsiars and 100E's are not commanding great prices......i think the folk who remember them are all dying off and the buyers nowadays want 70's and 80's cars.....i would love to have a well-modified Anglia one day (or a 2 door Corsair...)

shagman

Theres still some lads under 50 into these machines one of the guys on the ISRA http://www.irish-customs.com/ forum recently got an old Anglia 100E that he is gonna hot rod and a mate of mine has a 54 Mk1 Corsair.

corktina

the bulk of the intereest now is in modifying it seems...(54 consul you mean?)

shagman

yeah sorry meant 54 Mk1 Consul allright......unmodified though.